The opposite of “me too” Oh how the pendulum swings

2/ Consequently Ukrainians die, and we will only have to face an emboldened Putin and Xi down the track at much, much greater cost. Shame on us.

At least we now have some context for the holding back of U.S. munitions for #Ukraine reported in the last couple of days. Putin will only stop if he is beaten in #Ukraine. Ukraine can do this, but more military, diplomatic and other aid is needed from Europe, the US and countries like Australia.

Russia’s air attack is ongoing. It’s been hours of air defense fire, explosions and the whirring of Russian drones in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Trump said he “didn't make any progress with [Putin] today at all” — and that is apparent as much as ever now.

There is a chance that Trump's bombing of Iran might turn out to be the most ludicrous use of military force in US history. Not the worst or the most destructive--just the most absurd. A failed attempt by a weak man desperate for glory.

President Trump's nominee for NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Lt. Gen. Grynkewich: "Ukraine can win" LTG Grynkewich is a former F-16 and F-22 pilot, now serving on the Joint Staff. His great-grandfather fled Belarus occupied by Russia in 1899.

Spy claiming to be a Ukrainian diplomat in Hungary arrested by authorities. When they threatened to deport him to Ukraine, he admitted to actually being a Russian spy pretending to be Ukrainian, and asked not to be sent to Ukraine. Hilarity ensues. united24media.com/latest-news/...

But new Western unqualified permission to strike Russia with its weapons is only useful if Ukraine actually has adequate munition stocks. Merz should now finally transfer hundreds of Taurus cruise missiles to join British Storm Shadow & French SCALP missiles to maximise Ukraine's new capabilities.

Show this to the MAGA types who love to DM people videos of conscripts being rounded up (like that doesn’t happen way more often in Russia already)

"something has happened to him"

Something that people need to now accept was that there was never any chance at all that Trump would impose harsh sanctions on Putin. It was entirely an act, and people fell for it time and time again. Putin can commit any war crime and Trump will protect him.

“If not me, then who?”: Applebaum’s BBC battles against Russian propagandist in 2014 The 2014 Euromaidan wasn’t about corruption and economics–it represented Ukrainians’ decisive rejection of the kleptocracy-autocracy governance model that Putin himself employs euromaidanpress.com/2025/05/21/i...

BREAKING: Over 100,000 Protest in The Hague for Gaza. This is one of the largest protests in The Hague in 60 years.

🇺🇦🇻🇦President Zelensky presented Pope Leo XIV with a special icon, "Mother of God with Child," painted on a fragment of a heavy artillery box from Izium. The icon represents children "who suffered from the war."

An absolute masterpiece 👏👏👏

Using the name of the murdered son of federal judge Esther Salas, Trumpkin doxxers are targeting judges in dozens of “pizza doxxing” incidents nationwide. Here, Salas tells CBS News that it’s a form of “psychological warfare" against courts, waged in parallel with other White House tactics.

Good morning on Day 1176 of the war in Europe. In my opinion, Ukraine should have won this war in 2022/23. Effective leadership is based on good, decisive decisions. Sadly, the allies have never been decisive, preferring dithering and half measures. Welcome to my daily thread:

ZDF is now broadcasting the documentary I prepared with Johannes Hano and David Frum concerning the Russian influence operation targeting Musk, Thiel and other Silicon Valley South Africans, which was personally overseen and run by Vladimir Putin and was deemed hugely successful by the Russians.

One million percent

Worth acknowledging how many Rs are adopting the Trumpian strategy of “I don’t know about x” to get past a question they don’t like. It’s childish and shows just how allergic to accountability they are.

"Before and after" Russia's "help" in Toretsk, Donetsk region.

⚡️ MPs appeal to Zelensky with request to award title of Hero of Ukraine to journalist Roshchyna. A total of 246 MPs voted in favor of awarding journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna, who was killed in Russian captivity, the title.

Trump's first-term corruption seemed huge, but it's already been dwarfed by the ongoing, unchecked festival of domestic and foreign corruption four months into in his second term. Blame the Supreme Court and the Republican Congress. My latest at @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-unqu...

Pope Leo XIV is doing an excellent job so far.

So is American major media just going to pretend that Donald Trump and his venal band of brigands didn't just spend the last five years of this space-time continuum daily accusing Joe Biden of taking bribes from a foreign country—something Trump just PUBLICLY did to the tune of $400 MILLION DOLLARS?

This can’t be true because Trump assures us that Putin just wants peace.

Trump’s “very public and transparent transaction” on the Qatar jet grift only came to light after confidential sources told ABC about it.

As a DBA defense attorney, I also find this absolutely abhorrent

This was four months ago.

I'm going to start publicly calling out campaigns that text me because they bought my number from a list. Not just because I've run out of patience, but because if *I* am this annoyed, then I can't even imagine what it's doing to Democrats' reputation among casual voters.

It is somewhat ironic that Trump has simply refused to enforce the TikTok divestiture law for months after meeting with their CEO, a law sponsored by Senate Republicans who are now afraid to say a word about it, & now it has been weaponized to great effect against him on tariffs.

Today brought strong signals that must be backed up by strong action. The Coalition of the Willing must be willing to do more than just ‘increase sanctions and aid’ if Moscow refuses a ceasefire. We must be willing to break Russia’s war machine. We must be willing to win.

#KatyPerry teams up with Milka, owned by Mondelez, one of the top foreign taxpayers in Russia. In 2022, you said “Fk Putin.” Now you’re backing a company still doing business in Putin's Russia. Don’t let your name whitewash a corporate enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine. bit.ly/42T4war

The difference between Chancellor Friedrich Merz and his predecessor cannot be stronger. He has been in office for merely 4 days, but already acts like a pro. German responsibility and leadership is back.

Okay, what do *you* call gathering and centralizing personal data on every American?

“Vladimir, STOP!” An American “President” begging on his knees to Russia. Pathetic. Weak. Disgraceful.

When the Soviet-Russian army entered the Serbian part of Yugoslavia in 1944, it started to mass-rape and pillage on a scale where even the Yugoslavian communists protested in Moscow. Stalin just responded: let the boys be boys.

Starting to feel real conspiratorial about Elon, Twitter, & their shadowbanning etc. Feel like I was targeted and why the fuck would it take over three months to process an appeal? & there’s NO WAY to contact them in this situation apparently. I’m not cancelling the appeal either. Fuck Moscow Musk

Does anyone know why the f#ck Twitter would take over three months to process an appeal on a complaint for a tweet I made over 2 years ago??? I got insta-banned in under one second for saying someone should slap sense into Vance for his Munich speech. When reinstated, I was kicked off for this:

Americans should be worried about how many dolls or pencils they can buy for their kids for Christmas, but rather about the coming military invasions of Greenland, Canada and Panama... and that's just for starters.

The new Pope, retweeting Senator Chris Murphy, in support of gun control

Lmaooooo

Trump continually hiring from his TV favorites, like a 5 year old staffing up with muppets.

A parade of bile and lies. As if not dozens of allied states, but Putin personally defeated Nazism. As if he raised the Victory Banner over the Reichstag in Berlin with his own hands. Thank God, Ukraine has escaped from this whole swamp.

🇺🇦🗣️ Zelensky: Tomorrow, the organizer of the mass graves in Bucha will speak about the atrocities of the Nazis. And those who organized the blockade of Mariupol will speak about the blockade of Leningrad. There will be a parade of cynicism.

This is what Putin's "ceasefire" looks like: ▪️ An elderly woman was rescued from the rubble in Bilopillia,Sumy region,after a KAB strike. One residential building was completely destroyed In Sumy district, 3 houses caught fire as a result of a Russian attack last night,killing at least one person⤵️

/Either Russia must radically change, or the world will have to change. Just as it did 80 years ago, when it finally became clear to everyone: it is impossible to appease evil, it must be fought, - Zelensky.